Oh, SNAP...

[cthulu2016]

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (aka Food Stamps)
(participants):

December 2000
17,175,382

December 2008
31,784,453

GW Bush 185%

December 2011
44,480,342

Obama 140%

http://frac.org/reports-and-resources/snapfood-stamp-monthly-participation-data/



Needless to say, the county by county participation map looks like a 2008 McCain vs. Obama map.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/28/us/20091128-foodstamps.html

[brewens]

1. Not good for three years though. Not his fault but you can't tell the baggers that. n/t

[cthulu2016]

2. I think the point is

that everything they say is a lie. The figures of largest increase, 4-to-1 increases, etc. are a lie.

Nobody would, or should, dispute that SNAP participoation increased when the economy fell apart. I am somehwat surprised it decreased so little, really.

[brewens]

3. Yeah, but just pointing out what the baggers will do with those figures. n/t